u/w mp3 player

In article <3SpSc.9100$js3.1635588@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> , nobody
<anyone@home.net> wrote:

> Jason O'Rourke wrote:
> > In article <cfcfe4$6ib@library2.airnews.net>, Jer <gdunn@airmail.ten>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>While the novelty of it may offer a certain cool factor, I'd be
> >>concerned it would hide the sounds of a fellow diver in trouble. Mind
> >>you, I've not tried one, I might some day just to grind off the novelty
> >
> >
> > What sounds does a diver in distress make underwater?
>
> Perhaps more importantly, what sound does your dive computer make as an
> audible warning when you stupidly exceed your (pick one here):
>
> max depth
> low air limit
> ascent rate
> deco obligation
> etc.?
>
> ... and will you be able to hear it above the din of (pick another one here)
>
> ZZ Top
> Jimmy Buffet
> Vivaldi
> Miles Davis
> Yani
> Beastie Boys ...
>
> Bart F.
>
> PS. Years ago, I used to ski with a walkman until I realized that I was
> missing the point completely. Same thing with underwater music. Well, to
> each his own.
>

Depending on your deco schedule, having a distraction might be welcome.

nospam@all.please.net wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 07:48:03 -0400, nitespark wrote:
>
>
>>
>>Jason O'Rourke wrote:
>>
>>>In article <cfcfe4$6ib@library2.airnews.net>, Jer <gdunn@airmail.ten> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>While the novelty of it may offer a certain cool factor, I'd be
>>>>concerned it would hide the sounds of a fellow diver in trouble. Mind
>>>>you, I've not tried one, I might some day just to grind off the novelty
>>>
>>>
>>>What sounds does a diver in distress make underwater?
>>>
>>
>>The rapid clanking of a dive knife on a tank comes to mind.
>
>
> ..which could easily be mistaken for what passes as music these days. ;)
>
>

No argument here.

"Jer" <gdunn@airmail.ten> wrote in message
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> Rockinghorse Winner wrote:
>
> > Has anyone tried these new mp3 players? I read a brief blurb about em
in a
> > local diving paper, and they're sposed to be based on the Iriver device,
with
> > packaging that makes em good to a couple hundred meters. Be intrested
in
> > noing if they sound ok.
>
>
> While the novelty of it may offer a certain cool factor, I'd be
> concerned it would hide the sounds of a fellow diver in trouble. Mind
> you, I've not tried one, I might some day just to grind off the novelty
> - but there's plenty of time for the cool factor back on the surface -
> preferably in a hammock with an incredibly good cigar accompanied by an
> adult beverage and a particularly fetching sunset.

especially if said sunset is partially blocked by an even more fetching
bikini.

>
>
> --
> jer email reply - I am not a 'ten'
> "All that we do is touched with ocean, yet we remain on the shore of
> what we know." -- Richard Wilbur
>

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 10:07:04 -0700, Alan Street wrote:

> Depending on your deco schedule, having a distraction might be welcome.

That's for sure. Even 10 minutes of hanging in the blue with nothing
except plankton and your buddy to look at is pretty boring. And not being
able to hear the tankers going past in the shipping lanes of the English
Channel would be nice, though when they get really close, you can feel
them.

Jason

--
http://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for Maldivian trip reports including Kuredu,
Fesdu, Meedhupparu, Ranveli, Summer Island Village and Velidhu

Jason wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 10:07:04 -0700, Alan Street wrote:
>
>
>>Depending on your deco schedule, having a distraction might be welcome.
>
>
> That's for sure. Even 10 minutes of hanging in the blue with nothing
> except plankton and your buddy to look at is pretty boring. And not being
> able to hear the tankers going past in the shipping lanes of the English
> Channel would be nice, though when they get really close, you can feel
> them.
>
> Jason
>

I have gotten into a couple of staring contests with some barricuda.

Chris Guynn wrote:

> "Jer" <gdunn@airmail.ten> wrote in message
> news:cfcfe4$6ib@library2.airnews.net...
>
>>Rockinghorse Winner wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Has anyone tried these new mp3 players? I read a brief blurb about em
>
> in a
>
>>>local diving paper, and they're sposed to be based on the Iriver device,
>
> with
>
>>>packaging that makes em good to a couple hundred meters. Be intrested
>
> in
>
>>>noing if they sound ok.
>>
>>
>>While the novelty of it may offer a certain cool factor, I'd be
>>concerned it would hide the sounds of a fellow diver in trouble. Mind
>>you, I've not tried one, I might some day just to grind off the novelty
>>- but there's plenty of time for the cool factor back on the surface -
>>preferably in a hammock with an incredibly good cigar accompanied by an
>>adult beverage and a particularly fetching sunset.
>
>
> especially if said sunset is partially blocked by an even more fetching
> bikini.
>

I suppose I wouldn't mind that so much, so long as she had moved on
before the magic moment. Many years ago my favourite place to stay in
Coz was La Ceiba, but not now with the heavy cruise traffic. Nasty
Cruise Ship = Yucatan Sun Block.


--
jer email reply - I am not a 'ten'
"All that we do is touched with ocean, yet we remain on the shore of
what we know." -- Richard Wilbur

Has anyone tried these new mp3 players? I read a brief blurb about em in a
local diving paper, and they're sposed to be based on the Iriver device, with
packaging that makes em good to a couple hundred meters. Be intrested in
noing if they sound ok.




CUL8R



R*Horse



www.sonic.net/~lkokot



"Take a look behind you - upstream - now you begin to
recognize this country, don't you?"

"Yes, I do recognize it now. It is the most wonderful
thing I ever heard of; by a long shot the most
wonderful - and unexpected."

Mark Twain
Life on the Mississippi

Rockinghorse Winner wrote:

> Has anyone tried these new mp3 players? I read a brief blurb about em in a
> local diving paper, and they're sposed to be based on the Iriver device, with
> packaging that makes em good to a couple hundred meters. Be intrested in
> noing if they sound ok.


While the novelty of it may offer a certain cool factor, I'd be
concerned it would hide the sounds of a fellow diver in trouble. Mind
you, I've not tried one, I might some day just to grind off the novelty
- but there's plenty of time for the cool factor back on the surface -
preferably in a hammock with an incredibly good cigar accompanied by an
adult beverage and a particularly fetching sunset.


--
jer email reply - I am not a 'ten'
"All that we do is touched with ocean, yet we remain on the shore of
what we know." -- Richard Wilbur

F*********CK!!!!!


"Jason O'Rourke" <jor@soda.csua.berkeley.edu> wrote in message
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> In article <cfcfe4$6ib@library2.airnews.net>, Jer <gdunn@airmail.ten>
wrote:
> >While the novelty of it may offer a certain cool factor, I'd be
> >concerned it would hide the sounds of a fellow diver in trouble. Mind
> >you, I've not tried one, I might some day just to grind off the novelty
>
> What sounds does a diver in distress make underwater?
>
> --
> Jason O'Rourke www.jor.com

Jason O'Rourke wrote:
> In article <cfcfe4$6ib@library2.airnews.net>, Jer <gdunn@airmail.ten> wrote:
>
>>While the novelty of it may offer a certain cool factor, I'd be
>>concerned it would hide the sounds of a fellow diver in trouble. Mind
>>you, I've not tried one, I might some day just to grind off the novelty
>
>
> What sounds does a diver in distress make underwater?
>

The rapid clanking of a dive knife on a tank comes to mind.